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    Brandon Capital

    Melbourne, AustraliaFounded 2007

    Brandon Capital is Australasia's leading life science venture capital firm, investing in biomedical breakthroughs from early-stage seed through to expansion capital. Headquartered in Melbourne with offices in Sydney, San Francisco, and London, the firm manages over A$1 billion across six funds.

    72% of their portfolio is in Biotech & Life Sciences. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Average disclosed round size is $54.2M (across 32 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    28

    Fund Size

    $290M

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    Chris Nave

    Chris Nave

    Founding Partner & Managing Director

    Stephen Thompson

    Stephen Thompson

    Founding Partner & Managing Director

    Chris Smith

    Chris Smith

    Partner

    David Fisher

    David Fisher

    Partner Emeritus

    Jonathan Tobin

    Jonathan Tobin

    Partner

    Melissa McBurnie

    Melissa McBurnie

    Partner & Head of Impact

    Trent Munro

    Trent Munro

    Venture Partner

    Alex Delbridge

    Alex Delbridge

    Principal

    Elliott Dunn

    Elliott Dunn

    Associate

    Melissa Byrne

    Melissa Byrne

    Associate

    Prashanth Rajan

    Prashanth Rajan

    Associate

    Christina Kulis

    Christina Kulis

    Analyst, CUREator

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    46 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Lumonus logoLumonusSeries B—Mar 2026
    OOncoRes MedicalUnknown—Feb 2026
    EEna RespiratorySeries B$22.4MOct 2025
    NRG Therapeutics logoNRG TherapeuticsSeries B$50MSep 2025
    Allay Therapeutics logoAllay TherapeuticsSeries D$57.5MJun 2025
    PPolyActivaSeries C—May 2025
    MMirugenSeed$4.5MJan 2025
    Allay logoAllaySeries D$57.5MJan 2025
    Catalym logoCatalymSeries D$150MJul 2024
    Pheon Therapeutics logoPheon TherapeuticsSeries B$120MMay 2024
    Pathios Therapeutics logoPathios TherapeuticsSeries B$25MApr 2024
    Entact Bio logoEntact BioSeries A$81MDec 2022
    Entact logoEntactSeries A$81MDec 2022
    Catalym logoCatalymSeries C—Nov 2022
    NRG Therapeutics logoNRG TherapeuticsSeries A—Nov 2022
    Pheon Therapeutics logoPheon TherapeuticsSeries A$68MSep 2022
    Pheon Therapeutics logoPheon TherapeuticsSeries A$68MMar 2022
    Aravax logoAravaxSeries B$42.2MJan 2022
    Tessa logoTessaSeries A$200MJan 2022
    Catalym logoCatalymSeries C—Jan 2022
    Entact Bio logoEntact BioSeries A$81MJan 2022
    EEna RespiratoryUnknown—Jun 2021
    EEna RespiratorySeries B—Jan 2021
    AAmaroq TherapeuticsUnknown$14MJan 2021
    GGeorge MedicineUnknown$20MJan 2020
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026